Woman with 95-inch hips is determined to break a world record despite health warnings

Bobbi-Jo Westley, 42, has hips that measure a whopping 95 inches and says she won't stop growing them until she shatters the world record.

She needs to grow at least four inches to beat the record set by Mikel Ruffinelli, a Los Angeles woman with hips that measure 99 inches wide.

"I understand that I'm putting myself at risk by trying to get the world's biggest hips," she tells Barcroft Media, "but it's just something that I have to do and I take it one day at a time."

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The most wins at the World Beard and Moustache Championships is 8 and was achieved by Karl-Heinz Hille (Germany). From 1999 to 2011, Hille has been competing in the Imperial partial beard category. His most recent success was in Trondheim, Norway, in 2011. (Guinness World Records)

The largest flesh tunnel (earlobe) is 10.5cm (4.14 in) and was achieved by Kalawelo Kaiwi (USA) as measured at the Hilo Natural Health Clinic in Hawaii, on 14 April 2014. Whilst there are widely reported claims of larger flesh tunnels, tattoo and body-mod artist Kala has the largest fully verified flesh tunnels. They are about the diameter of a teacup, and big enough to fit a clenched fist through. (Guinness World Records)

The most flesh tunnels in the face is 11 and was achieved by Joel Miggler (Germany) as verified in Küssaberg, Germany, on 27 November 2014. Joel's flesh tunnels has a size ranging from 3 to 34 mm. (Guinness World Records)

The oldest living man is Israel Kristal (Israel), born on 15 September 1903, in the village of Malenie, near Zarnow in the Russian Empire (now Poland), and aged 112 years 178 days as of 11 March 2016. (Guinness World Records)

The tallest married couple is Sun Mingming and his wife Xu Yan (both China) who measure 236.17 cm (7 ft 8.98 in) and 187.3 (6 ft 1.74 in) respectively, having a combined height of 423.47 cm (13 ft 10.72 in) when measured in Beijing, China, on 14 November 2013. They were married in Beijing, China, on 4 August 2013. (Guinness World Records)

Garry Turner (UK) is able to stretch the skin of his stomach to a distended length of 15.8 cm (6.25 in) due to a rare medical condition called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a disorder of the connective tissues affecting the skin, ligaments and internal organs. (Guinness World Records)

The most fingers and toes (polydactylism) on a living person is 28, which belong to Devendra Suthar, and was confirmed in Himatnagar,Gujarat, India on 11 November 2014. Devendra Suthar has 14 fingers and 14 toes. (Guinness World Records)

The world's longest documented hair belongs to Xie Qiuping (China) at 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) when measured on 8 May 2004. She has been growing her hair since 1973 from the age of 13. (Guinness World Records)

The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen (Turkey, b.10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm (8 ft 2.8 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February 2011. The part-time farmer was the first man over 8 ft (2.43 m) to be measured by Guinness World Records in over 20 years. (Guinness World Records)

The largest feet on a living person are 40.1 cm (1 ft 3.79 in), right foot, and 39.6 cm (1 ft 3.59 in), left foot, belong to Jeison Orlando Rodriguez Hernandez (Venezuela) and were measured in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela, on 6 October 2014. (Guinness World Records)

The tallest male under the age of 18 years is Kevin Bradford (USA, b. 27 October 1998), who measured 215.9 cm (7 ft 1 in), at Paediatric Associates in Doral, Florida, USA, on 30 April 2015. Kevin was 16 years 185 days old at the time of verification. (Guinness World Records)

The shortest woman living (mobile) is Jyoti Amge (India, born 16 Dec 1993), who measured 62.8 cm (24.7 in) in Nagpur, India, on 16 December 2011. (Guinness World Records)

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Westley, of York, stands at 5 foot, 2-inches and weighs about 550 pounds.

Even though she says her size makes her life difficult, including having to turn to the side to pass through narrow doorways or halls, she says she has become accustomed to attention she gets online.

"I get all kinds of presents and messages from my fans. Some of them ask, 'Will you marry me?'" Westley said, adding that some people have paid her to be crushed by her thighs. "When I get people on social media who say I am fat, I really don't react to it. Because I am fat."

She was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid about six years ago and believes the condition is the reason for her weight gain.

"It's not that she needs to lose 50 pounds, she needs to lose over 200 pounds," Sharifi said. "It's literally a life or death choice at this point. When we're talking about her veins, she can have a block very easily. She is really, truly a ticking time bomb."

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